"Peace with my maker": Voices of seriously ill African American elders regarding advance care planning

Qualitative Inquiry

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-125

  Emmett, Catherine Parsons ^a   Dobbs, Debra ^a   Williams, Sharon ^b   Daaleman, Timothy P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; end of life issues; older people; poetry; qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650777892     PISSN: 10778004     EISSN: 15527565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077800410390775     Document Type: Article

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